It's my last working day before the summer holidays and I have survived 6/7 meetings. Only one more to go!!!!!!!! 
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As fellow players of wooden wind instruments will know, we have to regularly oil our instruments to avoid cracks. The problem is that they need to be completely dry before you oil them and then they need to dry out for another few days, which means that you can’t play them for about a week in total. As a result, I don’t do it anywhere near as often as I should… But now I have found a solution to this problem: academic conference season! #PostDocLife #EarlyMusic
In the last few months, I have felt #overwhelmed, #overworked, #anxious, behind and planless. But, couple of days ago I stopped drinking big mugs of #blacktea daily. I think I am doing better. More sleepy during the day, sure. Bursty work efficiency, deep work and flow, but that's as usual. Quick googling suggests there isn't a link between #caffeine and #anxiety though, so may be #confirmationbias. #astrodon #postdoclife #publishandperish
Spent hours trying to figure out how to split one LateX document into two, including the literature list, line numbers and references between the two files, to satisfy the conditions of the journal.
The journal, in the submission process: "Now that you have uploaded all your files, select an order to merge all of them into a single file to send to referees".
*flips table*
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#ScienceFunding #TravelGrant #AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #PostdocLife
#STEM #ResearchSupport #ConferenceTravel #WomenInSTEM #LifeInResearch
My colleagues at TU Delft are seeking to hire a postdoc to work on Applied Planning and Scheduling under Uncertainty, with applications in modelling supply chain scenarios for offshore wind farm installation: https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Postdoc-in-Applied-Planning-and-Scheduling-under-Uncertainty-2628-CD/814890902/
careers.tudelft.nlPostdoc in Applied Planning and Scheduling under UncertaintyPostdoc in Applied Planning and Scheduling under Uncertainty
Interrupting my usual programming to say that I read my first ever graphic novel/memoir/anything! Thanks to @tenspeedpress for sending me This Beautiful Ridiculous City by Kay Sohini, which finally prompted me to engage with this genre.
As a former urban literary scholar this was a return to my urban literary roots, and just a beautiful representation of the city overall. Full disclosure that Kay and I were at Stony Brook University doing our Ph.D.s in different lit departments around the same time. We’ve worked together before (she invited me to present on an MLA panel on careers back when I was about a year into my new life in publishing).
Reading books by people you know (even tangentially) is always a unique experience because you’re seeing the world through the eyes of someone that you’ve met, engaged with. It’s just a really different experience than reading works by a stranger (which is the majority of my reading).
What is really stunning about this work is that it isn’t just a book, it’s a beautifully conceived object. The artwork and color palette are stunning. I immediately felt like I’ll definitely reread and return to this book to take in the visuals and the nuances of the story.
It’s also a book I could see leaving out on my coffee table, or some other flat surface that needs a little life. It’s so vibrant, and a book I could see myself just thumbing through casually to brighten my day.
It deals with serious life challenges, but I think the seriousness and introspection of the work is offset by the brightness and vibrancy of the artwork.
10/10 would recommend. (And believe it or not I read a TON and don’t recommend or post about a large percentage of what I read).
QOTD: have you read any graphic books?
#bookstagram #bookstodon #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bibliophile #bibliophilelife #graphicmemoir #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookish #bookishlife #bookishlifestyle #bookflatlay #bookdecor #phdlife #postdoclife #theleveragedphd #academicaesthet
As a former urban literary scholar this was a return to my urban literary roots, and just a beautiful representation of the city overall. Full disclosure that Kay and I were at Stony Brook University doing our Ph.D.s in different lit departments around the same time. We’ve worked together before (she invited me to present on an MLA panel on careers back when I was about a year into my new life in publishing).
Reading books by people you know (even tangentially) is always a unique experience because you’re seeing the world through the eyes of someone that you’ve met, engaged with. It’s just a really different experience than reading works by a stranger (which is the majority of my reading).
What is really stunning about this work is that it isn’t just a book, it’s a beautifully conceived object. The artwork and color palette are stunning. I immediately felt like I’ll definitely reread and return to this book to take in the visuals and the nuances of the story.
It’s also a book I could see leaving out on my coffee table, or some other flat surface that needs a little life. It’s so vibrant, and a book I could see myself just thumbing through casually to brighten my day.
It deals with serious life challenges, but I think the seriousness and introspection of the work is offset by the brightness and vibrancy of the artwork.
10/10 would recommend. (And believe it or not I read a TON and don’t recommend or post about a large percentage of what I read).
QOTD: have you read any graphic books?
#bookstagram #bookstodon #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bibliophile #bibliophilelife #graphicmemoir #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookish #bookishlife #bookishlifestyle #bookflatlay #bookdecor #phdlife #postdoclife #theleveragedphd #academicaesthet
What is disappearance? In short, it is a repressive tactic used by authoritarian states to terrorize the civilian population into submission.
While the term “the disappeared” emerges in the aftermath of authoritarianism in Guatemala (1966) and Operation Condor in South America (perhaps most famously General Pinochet and his reign of terror in Chilean, but also juntas across South America including in Argentina), it describes a tactic that has long been in use and continues to be used by authoritarian regimes across the world, so it’s a concept to be aware of and understand.
Disappearance is characterized by illegal abduction, secret detention centers, torture, death, and unofficial burial.
Disappearance was, in theory, a way to avoid responsibility. The state maintained plausible deniability while effectively terrorizing their citizens into submission. The message is clear, you could be next.
QOTD: Have you heard of disappearing?
#studygram #notestagram #studygrammer #studying #academicaesthetic #academiaesthetic #researchlife #fountainpenink #postdoclife #theleveragedphd #fountainpen #journalaesthetic #fountainpenlover #darkacademia #studyspace #studytips #studyaesthetic #studyspo #studylife #studymotivation #rockyourhandwriting #journalaesthetic #studywithme #notespread #journaling #journalingcommunity #cozystudying #cozyaesthetic #leuchtturm1917
While the term “the disappeared” emerges in the aftermath of authoritarianism in Guatemala (1966) and Operation Condor in South America (perhaps most famously General Pinochet and his reign of terror in Chilean, but also juntas across South America including in Argentina), it describes a tactic that has long been in use and continues to be used by authoritarian regimes across the world, so it’s a concept to be aware of and understand.
Disappearance is characterized by illegal abduction, secret detention centers, torture, death, and unofficial burial.
Disappearance was, in theory, a way to avoid responsibility. The state maintained plausible deniability while effectively terrorizing their citizens into submission. The message is clear, you could be next.
QOTD: Have you heard of disappearing?
#studygram #notestagram #studygrammer #studying #academicaesthetic #academiaesthetic #researchlife #fountainpenink #postdoclife #theleveragedphd #fountainpen #journalaesthetic #fountainpenlover #darkacademia #studyspace #studytips #studyaesthetic #studyspo #studylife #studymotivation #rockyourhandwriting #journalaesthetic #studywithme #notespread #journaling #journalingcommunity #cozystudying #cozyaesthetic #leuchtturm1917
Extremely honored to receive this Award from a Society I value, full of colleagues and friends. Dev Bio is well and alive, and we're proof of it! Dev Bio FTW #science #zebrafish #DevelopmentalBiology #PostdocLife #PhDChat
Very happy to have been appointed supervisor for four translation studies students this semester! Two already emailed to set up a first meeting, that's a good start.
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#supervision
#TranslationStudies
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This month is my #PhDThesis Anniversary of... 10 years! 
In case anyone wants to have a look it can be downloaded there:
Role of the hippocampus in goal representation : insights from behavioural and electrophysiological approaches
Yes I probably thought at the time that 10y from then I would have a permanent position, a house, maybe a family and at least a few pets... but I find it hard to settle somewhere "for the rest of your life"... maybe that's why I study spatial decision-making 
Leaving you with my favourite quote (source unknown):
time flies like an arrow
fruit flies like a banana
discovery.ucl.ac.ukRole of the hippocampus in goal representation : Insights from behavioural and electrophysiological approaches
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Excellent beginning of the week: Scholarship granted for a pilot project with @ljo and @klasronnback to create a new, annotated corpus of (a certain kind of) old American English! In a future proper project, we'll be collaborating also with Morgan State University in this. Very happy to have got my first postdoc project going!
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@corpuslinguistics
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Seen in the submission form of #EBBS25 symposium proposals:
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it's great to know that if you're a Postdoc or PhD student, you are irrevocably young! 
(OK maybe it depends on how you read the question)
Hi folks,
so that came out in the wrong order. 
I wanted to introduce myself first before posting our preprint!
I am a female scientist currently working as a postdoc at Kiel university.
I am fascinated by ion channels, and my work focuses on potassium channels of the K2P channel family. I'm especially interested in pharmacology, regulation, and heteromerization, and mostly doing Patch Clamp!
#introduction
#ion_channels
#academia
#unikiel
#postdoc
#postdoclife
#academicchatter
Bezuinigen raken de Universiteit.
34 hours door to door, but I'm here! Excited for this new adventure 
Seen in a fellowship application:
“Papers in preparation and target journal”
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can I put #BiorXiv there??
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I wrote a blog post with some advice and thoughts on the process of applying for the MSCA-PF grant.
I hope it will be helpful for others applying for this grant!
A former student just wrote a lovely e-mail letting me know that she's landed an awesome #PhD position and thanking me as, apparently, my #Rstats course and the opportunities to present her term paper at two conferences really helped her. She's brilliant and I'm so pleased for her! 
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